Deal-plate.



C. A. FULLERTUN.

DEAL PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAII. 3,. IsIsI 115279532., Patented Deo. 5, 1916.

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DEAL. PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. Isla.

Patented Dee. 5, 1916.

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ginhruiur CLARENCE A. FULLERTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IDEAL-PLATE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 19116.

Application filed March 3, 1915. Serial No. 11,897'.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that 1, CLARENCE A. FULLER- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Deal- Plates; and l do hereby declare. the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his inventionrelates to deal plates for bank tellers and the like and more particularly to a deal plate which may serve as a deal plate or as a closure for the passage through which the transactions take place.

It has for'an object to provide an improved form of deal plate which may be swung from anormal position to a vertical position to serve as a closure or it may be inverted to4 cause the openingvto occur be# low said plate.

A further object of thisfinventionis the improved means in mounting a movable deal plate .so that it may be held in .any one of a series of locked positions.

A further object of this invention is the Vprovision of a .leaf carried by the deal plate which may serve as a closure for one half of the opening formedtoaccommodate the deal plate when swung to vertical position. A further object of. this invention is the provision of a controlling means to limit the rotation of said deal plate.

A further object 0f this inventionis the provision` of a single stem or shaftwhich serves in the manipulation of the deal plate and its associated swinging leaf.

Further objects will he apparent from the following specification, appended claimsl and drawings in which.,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the deal plate and associated parts showing the interior of the end housings, Fig. 2 is a sectional view through one of the housings as on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig. l is a similar view as on the line 4.-1 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a similar view as on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is a similar view as on the line GwG of Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 is an elevation of the shaft for the manipulation of the several parts.

r1`his device is intended for use as a deal plate for tellers of banks or `the like and it provides for the use of said deal plate in the double function of a deal plate when in horizontal position across which transactions may take place or when swung to vertical position, it serves as a closure for the passage through which such transactions occur and it comprises end housings in which the operative parts may be confined, between which the deal plate is swiveled.

As the tellers booth may serve either for a receiving or paying teller, it is desired to afford a deal plate which may conveniently serve for each occasion. A receiving teller in most instances desires to use the ldeal plate in the form of a shelf because in this condition, any paper or money placed thereon by a depositor is kept separated vfrom other matters upon the receiving tellers counter until the receiving teller is ready to carry out the transaction, while a paying teller most frequently desires to delliver the out-going money or paper from his counter in a continuous plane as by slidingV the money through the opening partly formed by the continuation of his counter and in this case, it will be through the openingl caused b v the inverted deal plate. It will, therefore, be seen that the reversible plate affords accommodations for the desires of either receiving or paying teller.

Referring to the drawings, there are `shown housings 10 and 11 between which la deal plate 12 is pivotally mounted. The deal plate 12 has trunnions 13 and 14 thereon which extend through walls of the hous ings 10 and 11 of which the one which eX- tends into the housing 10 is provided with a washer 15 which is held upon the squared end l16 of said trunnion as by a screw 17, to have a lug 18 formed on the washer 15, engage a stop 19 which is formed on the inside of the wall of the housing 10.

The trunnion 111 enters the interior of the housing 11 and this trunnion is provided with recesses 2O in one of which a nose 21 of a pawl 22 is adapted to engage. This pawl is supported by a pin 23 which passes through the opposite walls of the housing 11 and the nose of the pawl is normally held in engagement with one of thlU recesses 20 Vas by a spring 24; which is coiled about the stem 25. The pawl 22 is provided with an ear 26 and said pawl is further provided with an opening 27 through which the stem 25 passes. The stem 25 passes through the front plate 28 of the housing 11 and supports a knob v29 on the outer end by which .said

which is formed on the knob 29 and in which shellare the inwardly directed lugs 33. The

' opposite end ofthe stem 25 is provided with an offset 34 which rotates in the recessed portion 35 in the wall of the housing 11 and the recessed portion 35 is provided with a passage 36 through whichthe offset 34 may i Y pass when the stem 25 has been rotated to cause said oifset'to coincide with the passage 36, at which time the handle 29 may be drawnfrom the plate 28' to causeV the 1 pawl 22 to compressthe spring 24 and; re-

Y lease the tru'nion Y14. rl`he stem 25 is formed if intosections of different diameters Vandhas Y al shoulder 37 formed betvveen thetwo sections sothat said shoulder will engageV the wallof the opening 27 to actuate said pawl.

n The VVdeal plate l2 is recessed as at 38 to receive vlugs 89'which are formedr on a leaf 40 Vso that saidleaf swings about a center concentric with that 'ofv saiddeal plate. The 'Y .ea-rs 39 are. supportedbythe inner ends of screwsfwhich pass Vthrough the. trunnions 13 and 14 as shownin dotted linesT and the leaf-40 is intendedltoghave limited movement in one direction only: with respect to a perh pendicular-tothe deal plate 12. VTo establish .this limited movement,Y the leaf 40 has. lugs 7 41i formed thereon which engage the bottom face'of the deal aplatewhen the leaf has been swung perpendicular thereto. When it is desired to move the deal plate fromthe position shown in the drawing, it isnecessaryto release the leaf 40 through its connection with the dealplate and this is accomplished ,by` ,withdrawingV the bolt-42: from the pat-h VV'of the edgeV of said leaf. The'shafti 25;y in

being rotated causes a cam .43 which. is

' formed'thereon to engage a face ofv ai pawl 44`t`o swing the same about its pivotv on the screw 45 which'causes the lower end= 'of said pawl to be retracted into the housing 1l, at

V-which'timerthe shaft 25 may be moved longitudinally to disengage'the pawl 22 from the trunnion 14 when'the deal plate may be rotated as' desired. The pawl 44 is provided xwitha springV 50 which normally keeps, the v bolt V42 extended and'said pawl is further providedwith an'ear 46 against Which the cam 43 bears when the stem 25: isV moved longitudinally. VThe leaf 40 is provided with a lug 4'?"l which enters theY arcuate grooves'48 and 49 in the housing 1l so that when said lug reaches the end of the grooves its movement is limited again-st further motion in thatjdirection. Y Y

. Therdeal plater is shown in the horizontal Y *position in the drawingsV and has the, leaf "40' locked in vertical positionto close the lower half of the opening. V74In this, position @the Vupper acevrof the deal. plate Serves for the reception of money or papers in passing from the tellers booth to another party or vice versa. When it is desired to close the opening it is only necessary to rotate tho stem 25 and to move the same longitudinally Vwhen the leaf 40 and the deal plate have freedom of movement so that said deal plate may be turned on its swivel to cause another of the recesses 2O to receive the nose 21. If so desired, the deal plate may be inverted to cause the leaf 4() to close the upper half of the passage and to allow transactions to take place through the lower half of the opening.' It is understood that the housings l0 and V11 will be securely held in the partition and that the upper and lower edges of the opening are spaced at such intervals as to allow the deal plate 12 to form a substantial closure for said opening when itis de sired.

Various modifications may be made within the scope of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof. and the drawingsare submitted for illustrative purposes only- Having-Y thus described my invention, I claimi-f 1 In a d eal plate of the class described, a swiveled plate, trunnions formed on said swiveledplate, housings; to receive said trunnions, one of said trunnions having portions Qfl'its periphery recessed, a pawl carried by one ofsaid housings to engagein any one. of said recessed portions of said trunnions, a stem slidably and rotatably carried by said housing, an enlargement formed on said stem to disengage said pawl from the recessed; portion ofA said trunnion, an angular projection from one end of said stem, and saidhousinghaving a slotted socket formed therein, to receive said, stem and its angular projection in a portion of thelongitudnal movement of said stem.

2.v In adeal plate of theclass described, a swiveled plate, trunnions formed thereon,

Y onel of said trunnions having portions thereof recessed', housings to receivev said trunnions, a springk pressed pawl carried in said housing to engage the recessed portion of Vsaid trunnion, a swinging leaf carried by said swiveled plate, a second pawl carried by said,l housing to limit the movement of said swinging leaf, and a stem carried by said housing having a longitudinally and rotatable'movement to actuate the pawls for releasing the trunnion and swinging leaf.

3. In a deal plate of the class described, a, swiveled plate, trunnions formed thereon, a swinging leaf carried by said swiveled plate, lugs formed on said swinging leaf to engage said swiveled plate, and limiting a swinging motion of said leaf in one direction, said swiveled plate being capable of being swung fromv horizontal tol verticall or avertad. matinal said-` swiaenggleaf farming a closure for a portion of the opening when said swiveled plate is in horizontal or inverted position and looking pawls for engaging one of said trunnions of said swiveled plate, and said swinging leaf in certain positions thereof.

il. In a deal plate of the class described, a swiveled plate, trunnions formed thereon, housings adapted to receive said trunnions, one of said trunnions having recessed por" tions thereon, a pawl carried by one of said housings adapted to engage the recessed portions of said trunnions, a rotatable and longitudinally movable stem carried by said housing, a swinging leaf having lugs formed thereon pivotally secured to said swiveled plate having limited swinging motion in one direction, a second pawl carried by said housing to engage said swinging leaf in one position thereof, a cam formed on said stem carried by said housing, said stem having a limited rotary movement, a looking means for said stem against longitudinal movement of said stem except in one position thereof, and said stem releasing said pawls by longitudinal and rotary motion to free said swiveled plate and swinging leaf for adjustment.

5. In a deal plate of the class described, a swiveled plate, trunnions formed thereon, housing to receive said trunnions, locking meansA carried by said housings foi1 said trunnions, a swinging leaf carried by said swiveled plate, locking means carried by said housing forsaid swinging leaf in one position, and stops carried by said housing for said swinging leaf in the limit of its swing in each direction.

ln testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE A. FULLERTON. l/Vitnesses L, A. RUsi-IWORTH, E. H. SCHUTT.

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